Electronic device for providing at least one sound channel to another electronic device and control method thereof

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a communication interface; at least one memory storing instructions; and one or more processors connected to the communication interface and configured to control the electronic device, where, by executing the instructions, the one or more processors are configured to: identify whether a predetermined function is activated in a second electronic device based on the second electronic device being identified as connected to the electronic device through the communication interface, and control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, at least one channel among a plurality of channels included in sound information based on whether the predetermined function is identified as activated.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device comprising:
 a communication interface;   at least one memory storing instructions; and   one or more processors connected to the communication interface and configured to control the electronic device,   wherein, by executing the instructions, the one or more processors are configured to:
 identify whether a predetermined function is activated in a second electronic device based on the second electronic device being identified as connected to the electronic device through the communication interface, and 
 control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, at least one channel among a plurality of channels included in sound information based on whether the predetermined function is identified as activated. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 control the communication interface to transmit a predetermined channel among the plurality of channels to the second electronic device in a state in which the predetermined function is identified as activated in the second electronic device, and   control the communication interface to transmit the plurality of channels to the second electronic device in a state in which the predetermined function is identified as not activated in the second electronic device.   
     
     
         3 . The device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the predetermined channel comprises a woofer channel. 
     
     
         4 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a speaker,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output, through the speaker, channels other than the at least one channel among the plurality of channels in a state in which the at least one channel is transmitted to the second electronic device.   
     
     
         5 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, a signal for identifying whether the predetermined function is activated based on the second electronic device being identified as connected to the electronic device through the communication interface, and   identify whether the predetermined function is activated based on a signal received from the second electronic device through the communication interface.   
     
     
         6 . The device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a memory among the at least one memory is storing specification information of the second electronic device,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 identify whether the second electronic device is capable of the predetermined function based on the specification information, and 
 control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, the signal for identifying whether the predetermined function is activated in a state in which the second electronic device is identified as being capable of the predetermined function. 
   
     
     
         7 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a speaker,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, at least one channel that is less than a predetermined frequency and incapable of negative positioning, and 
 allow at least one channel that is equal to or greater than the predetermined frequency and capable of the negative positioning to be output through the speaker. 
   
     
     
         8 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 compensate for a latency of the at least one channel, and   control the communication interface to transmit the compensated at least one channel to the second electronic device.   
     
     
         9 . The device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 identify a location of the second electronic device, and   compensate for the latency based on the location of the second electronic device.   
     
     
         10 . The device as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a speaker,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 output, through the speaker, inaudible sound being less than a predetermined frequency, and 
 compensate for the latency based on delay information received from the second electronic device through the communication interface. 
   
     
     
         11 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined function comprises:
 generating a mixture comprising sound received through a microphone of the second electronic device and sound based on the at least one channel received from the electronic device, and   outputting the mixture through a speaker of the second electronic device.   
     
     
         12 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to identify whether the predetermined function is activated in the second electronic device in a state in which the second electronic device is identified as connected to the electronic device through the communication interface and the sound information is output as sound. 
     
     
         13 . A control method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
 identifying whether a predetermined function is activated in a second electronic device based on the second electronic device being identified as connected to the electronic device; and   transmitting, to the second electronic device, at least one channel among a plurality of channels included in sound information based on whether the predetermined function is identified as activated.   
     
     
         14 . The method as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the transmitting, to the second electronic device, the at least one channel among the plurality of channels comprises:
 transmitting a predetermined channel among the plurality of channels to the second electronic device in a state in which the predetermined function is identified as activated in the second electronic device, and   transmitting the plurality of channels to the second electronic device in a state in which the predetermined function is not identified as activated in the second electronic device.   
     
     
         15 . The method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the predetermined channel includes a woofer channel. 
     
     
         16 . The device as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the delay information comprises a reception time at which the inaudible sound is received by the second electronic device, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to compensate for the latency based on a time at which the inaudible sound is output and the reception time at which the inaudible sound is received by the second electronic device. 
     
     
         17 . An electronic device comprising:
 a communication interface;   at least one memory storing instructions; and   one or more processors connected to the communication interface and configured to control the electronic device,   wherein, by executing the instructions, the one or more processors are configured to:
 identify whether a second electronic device is capable of a predetermined function; 
 identify whether the predetermined function is activated in the second electronic device based on the second electronic device; 
 control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, at least one channel among a plurality of channels included in sound information based on whether the predetermined function is identified as activated. 
   
     
     
         18 . The device as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the predetermined function comprises:
 generating a mixture comprising sound received through a microphone of the second electronic device and sound based on the at least one channel received from the electronic device, and   outputting the mixture through a speaker of the second electronic device.   
     
     
         19 . The device as claimed in  claim 18 , further comprising a speaker,
 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:   in a state in which the predetermined function is identified as activated, control the communication interface to transmit only the at least one channel among the plurality of channels included in the sound information, to the second electronic device, and output, through the speaker, channels other than the at least one channel among the plurality of channels in a state in which the at least one channel is transmitted to the second electronic device.   
     
     
         20 . The device as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 compensate for a latency of the at least one channel, and   control the communication interface to transmit the compensated at least one channel to the second electronic device.